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Western Railroad Discussion > National Train Day; The ALCO is OpenDate: 05/12/13 12:24 National Train Day; The ALCO is Open Author: BNSF-6432 As mentioned before in a earlier post we went to Muskogee on National Train Day and by the depot/muesum rests an ALCO that use to work locally for a paper company till moved to this location in the 90s. He's usually fenced up and locked up but due to the special event the cab was open and even the engine doors. Its a nice engine and paint on it, however this company never owned an ALCO and it was always owned by the paper company
   Date: 05/12/13 12:28 Re: National Train Day; The ALCO is Open Author: BNSF-6432 Being a switcher the engine has nothing but a floor on the conductors side, and still has the control stand
   Date: 05/12/13 12:34 Re: National Train Day; The ALCO is Open Author: BNSF-6432 Two more of the engine and the depot
BNSF-6432 PQM    Date: 05/12/13 20:43 Re: National Train Day; The ALCO is Open Author: MMD Man what a Control Stand !! straight out of the 40's, I wonder what it was like to operate ???? the independent brake valve is in a hell of a place as is the train brake.
Malcolm New Zealand. Date: 05/12/13 21:27 Re: National Train Day; The ALCO is Open Author: PHall MMD Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Man what a Control Stand !! straight out of the > 40's, I wonder what it was like to operate ???? > the independent brake valve is in a hell of a > place as is the train brake. > > Malcolm > New Zealand. Ergonomics weren't important back then. Date: 05/12/13 23:24 Re: National Train Day; The ALCO is Open Author: Evan_Werkema According to the first edition of the Comprehensive Guide to Industrial Locomotives, Fort Howard Paper S-2 63-138 used to be Portland Terminal #38 in Oregon, and began life as Northern Pacific Terminal #38.
Date: 05/13/13 10:07 Re: National Train Day; The ALCO is Open Author: switchlock Looks VERY much like my part-time weekend office.
Date: 05/13/13 11:39 Re: National Train Day; The ALCO is Open Author: MRS11813 PHall Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > MMD Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Man what a Control Stand !! straight out of > the > > 40's, I wonder what it was like to operate > ???? > > the independent brake valve is in a hell of a > > place as is the train brake. > > > > Malcolm > > New Zealand. > > > Ergonomics weren't important back then. Try this one with no seat for the engineer. Backing up and trying to use the brakes was different. Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/13/13 11:40 by ATSFlocal73-74.  Date: 05/14/13 11:26 Re: National Train Day; The ALCO is Open Author: rrman6 This ALCO 63-13B looks pretty enough that I can see her belching smoke in the switching yard. Just curious, is it still operable to any degree?
Date: 05/14/13 19:08 Re: National Train Day; The ALCO is Open Author: BNSF-6432 rrman6 Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Just curious, is it still operable to any degree? I believe so. I don't see why not. It seems like everything is still in its place from when it was delivered. She has seen some years go by since she last had an engineer in her though! |